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Can I take a glass baking dish from the fridge and put it in a hot oven?

I have a glass baking dish my husband put together a meatloaf in it last night and put it in the fridge. Can I put it right in the hot oven? I think no so I hav

Tool for making small balls of sticky food

There are several kinds of sticky food balls that I'd like to make, but the usual process consists in rolling them in your hand one by one. This process is tedi

How can I get dry rub to stick to cooked chicken?

How can I get dry rub to stick to baked or deep fried chicken wings after I've cooked them?

Why is my mango not ripening correctly?

I have always been good at being able to tell when a mango is ripe based on the firmness and smell. For the last several batches I have purchased, however, almo

Too much help - my kitchen [closed]

Maybe this is not he correct site but how do you tell people to leave my cooking alone. Unless it is a big complex meal there is rarely a n

how to get the salty taste out of your cupcake

I was making cupcakes from scratch with my kids and I tasted the batter after we mixed everything into it .The batter was really really good but it tasted reall

Sushi using brown rice

I want to make sushi but I'm not going to buy any more rice then I already have, which is brown. my first couple experiments didn't work. What should I do to ro

What is the external operating temperature range for a Crock-Pot or other slow cooker?

Some quick online searches define an operating temperature for slow cookers: the minimum internal temperature is A, the simmering point is B, you have certain o

Why add baking powder when creaming sugar and butter?

A friend recently provided me with a family recipe for cookies which instructed me to cream together sugar and butter - so far so good. However, the thing that

How does a marzipan knife work?

So, marzipan - or is it marchpane? English is not my native language, but I own a cooking book where it is called marchpane - is pretty sticky, and cutting it w

How is "Oelek" pronounced?

Sambal Oelek is an Asian chili paste made and marketed by a Chinese American producer in California (Huy Fong Foods, with a rooster on the jar). I've been using

Working with a slack (sticky) sourdough

My background is in microbiology and I have fairly recently started making sourdough. I have been working up my sourdough recipe getting lots of information fr

Langouste and Langoustine, what's the difference?

In France, you often see both "langouste" and "langoustine" used to describe edible orange crustaceans. What is the difference between the two? Both look the s

Reheating a cooked meat pie

What is the best way to reheat a meat pie without causing the pastry to burn and go hard? Wrapping in foil means it won't cook properly. Is it best to put insi

Can trehalose be organic? How is it listed as an ingredient?

I saw a worrying report of an article in Nature, no less, questioning whether the sugar substitute trehalose could be a cause of the recent rise in Clostridium

How do you dispose of old raisins? [closed]

I worry cause I know they are harmful to dogs so what is the safest way to dispose of them. Thanks.

Storing fresh sourdough [duplicate]

I would like to know what is the best way to store fresh baked sourdough so that it maintains a nice crunchy crust and a nice soft, slightly m

peeling black eyed peas for acaraje (fritters)

Acaraje (similar to vada or vadai etc) are fritters from a batter of soaked ground black eyed peas. The hard part is removing the peels. I gave up rubbing + ri

Forgot the yeast in a brioche bread recipe

This is the brioche bun recipe I frequnetly use: 250 gr potato puree 3.5 cups flour 1 tsp sugar 0.5 tsp salt 2 tsp instant yeast 1 tbsp olive oil 50 gr b

What kind of frosting has similar texture to the major grocery brands?

I have a frosting conundrum. I like the texture of the major brands of frosting one might buy in a grocery store, like Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker or similar.

Can coconut oil be used for frying?

I found various contradicting sources as to whether coconut oil can be used for frying or not. Some claim it is "The ideal oil for frying" as it has a high smok

Why my croissant dough are always having butter going out during folding

Every time I make croissant. While I am folding the dough with a simple or double turn, I start to see the butter going outside of the dough and stick to the wo

Chemical leavening and dough chilling

If chemical reaction begins when baking soda/powder are added to cookie dough, how does chilling the dough (often recommended to re-firm the butter) impact the

Sausages cooked?

I cooked some small pork sausages. They were slightly pink when removed from the pan. How do you know if they are cooked fully? I am worried I am going to make

Julia Childs cake recipe featuring Galliano?

My grandmother remembers watching an episode of Julia Childs’ TV show in which she made a cake that featured a tall bottle of bright yellow liqueur, which

Pressure Cooker suitable for traditional Indian dishes, available in Europe

I would like to try recipes from Urvashi Pitre's Indian Instant Pot Cookbook: Traditional Indian Dishes Made Easy and Fast. However, buying the original Instant

Can I use whole milk instead of powdered milk? [duplicate]

I just received a bread machine and I wanted to make a loaf of bread but I don't have powdered milk. Can I use whole milk instead of powdered

Oven Temperature an 3 frozen pot pies

I'm cooking 3 frozen pot pies do I need to adjust my temp so that they will cook in the hour it takes to do just one

at what temperature is whole wheat durum pasta cooked, and therefore safe to eat?

someone says that temperature is the most reliable way to know if a food is done is or not they say that there are various signals to know but none of these ar

Safety of Sous-Vide for long cooking times

Note: all of the questions I saw on this focused on higher temperatures. Brisket, being a fairly large and tough cut of meat, takes longer to cook than a a ste